The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-06

they harvest the crop. There is another adj
vantage We have i'll Georgia, and that is
there is not so much cholera among
hogs as in Ohio. 1t is true that we have
some, but the proportion is small,
In Ohio pork is surplus or money crop.
L do not advocate that in Georgia, for our eli
mate is not so suitable for packing, although
| have seen pork packed in the north in the
hottest days of summer, and now that we can
manufacture ice in the south as cheap as it
can DO cut from the lakes in the north, the
time may come when pork will become an ar
tiele of export from Georgia. do advocate,
however, the raising of enough pork by our
farmers to supply the home demand, as it cam
not fail to prove source of profit to them, as
we'll as saving the heavy drainage of money
from the state
While sheep raising is not as profit
able as it was ten years ago, a
small flock of sheep is always
source of profit on farm. There is no do
mestic animal so easily raised and that requires
so little care. Broken land, land turned out to
waste can be made to pay by raising sheep.
Put the old wasted hillside in burmuda grass
and they will afford good pasturago for sheep
The grass will prevent washing, the sheep
will enrich the land, and in a few years it will
be fit for cultivation. This is the manner in
which the farmers of the eastern Ohio have
utilized their old clay hills and made profit
out of land upon which the average Georgia
farmer would have starved to death. During
strengthening as mutton, and the farmer who
has flock OF sheep need never be at u loss for
fresh meat. For this alone it will pay far
mer to keep a small flock of sheep. 1t is true
that we are cursed with numbers of worthless
dogs the greatest enemies of Sheep but their
depredatlons can be prevented by arranging to
have your sheep come every evening to the
barn yard eamong the cattle. And this re-
minds me of one important feature in stock
raising.
In Ohio most of farms are so arranged that
the cattle, hogs and sheep all come up every
evening into the barn yards and there remain
over night. There are two very important adj
vantages in this plan. The farmer can thus
every day watch his stock. see their condition,
see if any are ailing or missing and thus take
immediate steps for their recovery The Ohio
farmer mngles with his stock, accustoms them
to his presence, handles them and can control
them, for he well knows that the more domos-
ticated his animals are the better they
will thrive. lie can go to sleep feel
ing that his live stock is secure
from prowling dogs or are not getting into mis-
chief The manure thus gathered is alone
worth more than the trouble 1t can be scraped
up into heaps or placed under shelter, and only
those who have tried can realize the amount
of the most valuable fertilizer thus secured.
1t is but little trouble to accustom your stock
to come up every night. A few ears of corn
thrown to them, q little salt sprinkled in q
trough, will soon induce them to come up, and
the habit thus formed will become a second
nature.
But the greatest of all features in stock rails
ing is grass. Don't forget that.
W. l.. GLEssNER.